Every designer would probably love a €50 million budget to design a sublime multimedia visitor center for one of the world's most precious historic sites - Lascaux in southern France. <a href="http://www.cassonmann.co.uk">Casson Mann</a> and <a href="http://www.snoarc.no">Snøhetta from Norway</a> scooped first place in the Lascaux IV: International Cave Painting Center competition, and their eco-sensitive design promises visitors a mesmerizing, otherworldly experience of this enormous complex of cave paintings that dates back to Paleolithic times.

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

Snohetta and Casson Mann scooped first place in the coveted Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center competition in France

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

With a facade that ranges from opaque to translucent, their center will create an otherworldly experience for visitors

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

A range of public spaces and dark exhibition areas will be available

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

The center is built into the topography and shafts of light peer through to provide daylighting

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

The idea is to recreate the feeling of discovering the caves for the first time

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

The information center is said to evoke a sense of spiritual awe!

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Lascaux IV Cave Painting Center by Snohetta and Casson Mann

Every designer would probably love a €50 million budget to design a sublime multimedia visitor center for one of the world's most precious historic sites - Lascaux in southern France. Casson Mann and Snøhetta from Norway scooped first place in the Lascaux IV: International Cave Painting Center competition, and their eco-sensitive design promises visitors a mesmerizing, otherworldly experience of this enormous complex of cave paintings that dates back to Paleolithic times.